Enough of this overnight sensation business. Of course, no one had heard
of Boston before their first album came out two years ago. Not even
heavy corporate types around the record company, who got interested
when this virtually unadvertised debut by an unknown group sold its
first million albums. Interest grew keener when Boston doubled those
sales, then doubled them again.

Nearly 6.5 million copies have now been sold. The success of Boston was
so left fieldas abrupt, decisive and cleaving as one of Leader Tom
Scholz's guitar breaksthat the group came...